Metal contamination of surface soils of industrial city Sialkot,Pakistan: a multivariate and GIS approach |
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Authors: | Riffat Naseem Malik Waqar Azeem Jadoon Syed Zahoor Husain |
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Institution: | (1) Environmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 4600, Pakistan;(2) Pakistan Wetlands Programme, Islamabad, Pakistan |
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Abstract: | In this study concentrations of selected metals viz., Ca, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Na, Ni, Pb and Zn in surface soils of
Sialkot city known worldwide for tanneries and pharmaceutical industries were measured to assess the status of urban soil
pollution and to identify sources of contamination. Hierarchical cluster analysis (HACA) indicated concentrations of Mg and
Ca related to parent rock material, Cd, Co, and Pb with traffic related activities, Cr, Cu, Ni and Zn either associated with
automobiles activities or industrial pollution and Fe, K and Na related with anthropogenic activities or lithogenous materials.
Correlation analyses and principal component analysis based on factor analysis confirmed the results of HACA. Spatial distribution
maps exhibited relatively higher concentrations of Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Cr and Zn along traffic routes in the city and streams.
The results highlighted concentration of Cd, Ni, Cr, Zn, and Pb measured in urban soil exceeded the permissible limit of surface
soils and advocated an imperative need for detailed baseline investigations of spatial distribution of heavy metals and other
contaminants for the formulation of geochemical database that should be made available to stakeholder involved in monitoring,
assessment and conservation of soil contamination for future planning and management of the Sialkot city. |
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